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Galli , ōrum, m.,
I.the Gallic nation, the Gauls, both beyond the Rhine and in Upper Italy; afterwards also in Phrygia as Gallograeci or Galatae.—Of the Gallograeci, Liv. 38, 12 sq.—In sing.: Gallus , a Gaul: “delegit Gallum ex his, quos auxilii causa secum habebat,Caes. B. G. 3, 18, 1; cf.: “Gallus inter Gallos sine ulla suspicione versatus,id. ib. 5, 45, 4.—In fem.: Galla , ae, a female Gaul: “inter quae (sacrificia extraordinaria) Gallus et Galla, Graecus et Graeca in foro boario sub terra vivi demissi sunt,Liv. 22, 57, 6.—Hence the pun with galla, gall-nut, Macr. S. 2, 2.—
II. Derivv.
A. Gallĭa , ae, f., the country of the Gauls, Gaul, both beyond the Rhine and in Upper Italy; the more precise name of the former is Gallia ulterior or Transalpina, and of the latter Gallia citerior or Cisalpina, v. h. vv.—Hence, in plur.: “Galliae duae (provinciae) quas hoc tempore uno imperio videmus esse conjunctas,Cic. Prov. Cons. 2, 3.—
B. Gallĭcus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Gauls, Gallic: “muli viliores Gallicis cantheriis,Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 21: “ager,Caes. B. G. 1, 31, 11; Cic. Sull. 19, 53: “humus,Ov. F. 4, 362: “Oceanus,Plin. 4, 19, 33, § 109; cf. “sinus,id. 32, 2, 11, § 21: “arma,Caes. B. G. 1, 22, 2: “naves,id. ib. 3, 11, 5; “3, 14, 7: bella,id. ib. 4, 20, 1: “lingua,id. ib. 1, 47, 4: “mores,id. ib. 4, 3, 3; cf. “consuetudo,id. ib. 4, 5, 2; “5, 14, 1: ostentatio,id. ib. 7, 53, 3 al.: “canis,a greyhound, Ov. M. 1, 533: “ventus,the north-northeast wind, Vitr. 1, 5. —Subst.: gallĭca , ae, f., a Gallic shoe: “(redii) cum calceis et toga, nullis nec gallicis, nec lacerna,Cic. Phil. 2, 30, 76; cf. Gell. 13, 21, 6.—Adv.: Gallĭce , in Gallic: a Gallo et a Mauro Gallice et Maurice dicimus, Varr. ap. Gell. 2, 25, 8; Gell. 11, 7, 4.— *
C. Gallĭus , a, um, adj., Gallic: “Galliae pro Gallicae, Sall. H. lib. IV.: duae Galliae mulieres conventum vitantes, etc.,Non. 492, 30 sq.
D. Gallus , a, um, adj., Gallic: “Galla credulitas,Mart. 5, 1, 10: “mulieres,Sall. H. Fragm. 4, 15 Dietsch.—
E. Gallĭcānus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Roman province Gallia (in Upper Italy), Gallican: “legiones,Cic. Cat. 2, 3, 5: “ratio atque res,id. Quint. 4, 15: “ager,id. Cat. 2, 12, 26 (al. Gallicus, like ib. § “6): lana,Varr. L. L. 9, § 39 Müll.—Also in gen. for Gallic: “catulus,Cat. 42, 6: “jumenta,App. M. 10, p. 247.—Subst.: Gallĭcāni , ōrum, the Gallicans, Varr. R. R. 1, 32, 2.—In sing.: m., the inhabitants of the province Gallia, prius enim Gallus, dein Gallicanus, extremo Semiplacentinus haberi coeptus est, Cic. Pis. init.—*
F. Gallŭlus , a, um, adj., Gallic: Roma, poet. of the city Arelas, in southern Gaul, Aus. de Clar. Urb. 8, 2.
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    • Caesar, Gallic War, 1.22.2
    • Caesar, Gallic War, 1.31.11
    • Caesar, Gallic War, 3.18.1
    • Cicero, Against Catiline, 2.12.26
    • Cicero, Against Catiline, 2.3.5
    • Cicero, Philippics, 2.30.76
    • Cicero, For Sulla, 19.53
    • Cicero, On the Consular Provinces, 2.3
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 1.533
    • Plautus, Aulularia, 3.5
    • Vitruvius, On Architecture, 1.5
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 32.21
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 22, 57
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 38, 12
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 11.7.4
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 13.21.6
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 2.25.8
    • Ovid, Fasti, 4
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